Tag: overcoming fear

  • The Doghouse

    [amazon_link asins=’0544430638′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’matchstickkidboo’ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’c3cf8ebd-f3e1-11e7-a944-ff7108981ad3′] Some books become standard objects in the home, as familiar as a piece of furniture. And this is one of them. I couldn’t say why exactly because the story and illustrations are so simple, but perhaps that is part of the reason. Regardless, this is one of the few […]

  • I’ll See You in the Morning

    [amazon_link asins=’0811865436′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’matchstickkidboo’ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’e8305ded-9e22-11e7-b6a9-67ce4bb73f67′] Like all the books on this site, this is one that our kids pull off the shelf and ask to be read over and over. A difference here is that they’ve been hearing this book being read longer than they can even remember. The theme is of comforting a […]

  • How to Be a Viking

    [amazon_link asins=’0316286354′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’matchstickkidboo’ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’35c7f0d6-4159-11e7-b641-19802752ab98′] This book introduces the character of Hiccup, who went on to have more adventures in the better known series, “How to Train Your Dragon”. It’s a fun, but serious story of a little boy who is thrust into the world of adults (specifically tough viking men) and has to […]

  • The Monster at the End of This Book

    [amazon_link asins=’0307010856′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’matchstickkidboo’ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’87063d36-40c4-11e7-90c2-0d95fdc38dcc’] My kids were scared of this book at first and it took a lot of convincing to read it. After they saw the twist ending however, they asked for it over and over, proud that they had conquered their fear. A classic. An interesting dynamic occurs after the first […]